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mitt romney is a friend of mine. i understand he's very upset about having lost the disappointment. >> it's not helpful. >> of course not but he's a good man but he'll find his level. and i think it's still a little raw. so do i wish he hadn't said those things? of course not. on the other hand i won't bury the guy for it. >> it's interesting, i want to go back to joy on this. this is sheer human nature. i thought and i like to think i'm fair about this, i thought romney walked off the stage election night as a noble figure in politics. however the campaign had gone in some very bad directions, i believe he ended it in the right direction with nobility and class. he came out there alone. didn't cry on anybody's shoulders. didn't surround himself with family. took the loss, said he had a good running mate, great campaign team and praying for the president. maybe that was shock. he was still, you know, but a week or so out there later he's saying not terrible, we're buying votes and selling votes but making himself loo
mitt romney is a friend of mine. i understand he's very upset about having lost the disappointment. >> it's not helpful. >> of course not but he's a good man but he'll find his level. and i think it's still a little raw. so do i wish he hadn't said those things? of course not. on the other hand i won't bury the guy for it. >> it's interesting, i want to go back to joy on this. this is sheer human nature. i thought and i like to think i'm fair about this, i thought romney...
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and mitt romney has an argument. he did make it today in a more temperate set of remarks where he said that barack obama is jimmy carter, that american weakness has brought on this level of disorder in the world that as robin said, i think barack obama can rebut that. i think he can say that to the extent that we're going to war with the muslim world, we're digging ourselves in deeper. i'll cite one thing for you, chris. when i read osama bin laden's private communications that were taken out of his compound when he was killed, one of the things that was most striking was how upset he was that barack obama had stopped talking about a war on muslims and had started talking about a war on al qaeda. it drove bin laden crazy to the point that he wanted to change al qaedas name. he wanted to rebrand it. now, that's the clearest testimony you could possibly get from osama bin laden that trying to do this divisive thing, war on muslims, plays into the extremists hands. you have it from the man himself. so oh what more can y
and mitt romney has an argument. he did make it today in a more temperate set of remarks where he said that barack obama is jimmy carter, that american weakness has brought on this level of disorder in the world that as robin said, i think barack obama can rebut that. i think he can say that to the extent that we're going to war with the muslim world, we're digging ourselves in deeper. i'll cite one thing for you, chris. when i read osama bin laden's private communications that were taken out...
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the magazine quotes a romney aide on election night talking to romney's son tagg as the results were coming in. he looked like he was in a complete state of shock, as if these numbers cannot be real. to make matters worse, their polling told them florida and virginia, two states that romney lost, were in the bag. the republican party is left asking itself what went wrong and how they fix it. john brabender is a republican strategist and top adviser to rick santorum, and robert shrum, democratic strategist and columnist for the daily beast. john, you're on the inside. you know something about this. do you understand how somebody would think that the electorate that's going to participate in 2012, in a general election with barack obama, an african-american, a democrat, and a relatively popular president, would create a different electorate than the one you saw say in 2010 or in a primary situation? >> well, i think -- as you know, every poll starts with an assumption. here is who we think is going to show up and vote. therefore, that's who we ask the question of. republicans, and not
the magazine quotes a romney aide on election night talking to romney's son tagg as the results were coming in. he looked like he was in a complete state of shock, as if these numbers cannot be real. to make matters worse, their polling told them florida and virginia, two states that romney lost, were in the bag. the republican party is left asking itself what went wrong and how they fix it. john brabender is a republican strategist and top adviser to rick santorum, and robert shrum, democratic...
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your take, whether mitt romney can win ohio and if -- i mean there's even talk that the romney camp thinks -- some believe they should go back into pennsylvania. they haven't been advertising in pennsylvania, not campaigning there. >> do they think they've got a shot in either pennsylvania or michigan? >> potentially. look at all these states that bill has talked about, they're going to be a barn burner. bill wouldn't have said that a month ago. he would have said these are almost locked down for the president. the fact is the volatility in the race over the last few weeks mainly benefits the romney campaign. it hasn't put the election away. it hasn't ended the campaign. it means that places that were looking like they were solidifying for the president in the wake of the democratic national convention are today up for grabs. we know for sure iowa, wisconsin, ohio, colorado, are definitely contestable. we're not sure about pennsylvania or michigan yet but the way trends are going they could become contestable going into the election. i even was in my home state of minnesota last weekend, s
your take, whether mitt romney can win ohio and if -- i mean there's even talk that the romney camp thinks -- some believe they should go back into pennsylvania. they haven't been advertising in pennsylvania, not campaigning there. >> do they think they've got a shot in either pennsylvania or michigan? >> potentially. look at all these states that bill has talked about, they're going to be a barn burner. bill wouldn't have said that a month ago. he would have said these are almost...
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maybe he till thinks governor romney won the presidency. and maybe he thinks his 47% comments rocketed romney into the white house. maybe he has an excuse, but the rest of the gop, they don't. they're not blasting 47% of the country, but their policies are. in a recent op-ed, paul ryan renewed his war on medicare and medicaid. republicans are still cheering a sequester that gutted government programs like head start. they applauded a shutdown that furloughed 800,000 government workers. governor lepage simply said what his whole party thinks. >> we've also eliminated skin in the game for most everyday americans. folks mocked mitt romney for what he said about 47%, but he's right. >> we don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that allows able-bodied people into complacency. >> we need to encourage work not dependence. >> self-reliance means if anyone will not work, neither should he eat. >> we are moving away from an opportunist society to a dependence society. >> teach a man how to fish he can feed himself far life. don't simply fee
maybe he till thinks governor romney won the presidency. and maybe he thinks his 47% comments rocketed romney into the white house. maybe he has an excuse, but the rest of the gop, they don't. they're not blasting 47% of the country, but their policies are. in a recent op-ed, paul ryan renewed his war on medicare and medicaid. republicans are still cheering a sequester that gutted government programs like head start. they applauded a shutdown that furloughed 800,000 government workers. governor...
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romney and obama. romney has had adequate opportunity throughout this campaign to come out and say, i will not put up with this. nobody who speaks for me shall talk like this anymore. you're all finished. i don't want trump on my side. instead, he kissed his ring. remember that genuflection out in vegas? sununu is designated as his co-chair. he is out there officially. we just saw when he did his correction last night at midnight, it came out of the romney headquarters. this is orchestrated. >> exactly. >> i keep waiting, it's way too late -- >> you're not going to see it. >> it will never happen. >> sister souljah moment or anything like that -- >> it will never happen. >> push back like the great john mccain on this point, when he pushed back and said, no, that's not true. >> i have been waiting this whole campaign, we've talked about this earlier, for mitt romney to show one inch of spine -- >> how about shame? >> shame or spine, whatever. there's not a single courageous statement or move he's made
romney and obama. romney has had adequate opportunity throughout this campaign to come out and say, i will not put up with this. nobody who speaks for me shall talk like this anymore. you're all finished. i don't want trump on my side. instead, he kissed his ring. remember that genuflection out in vegas? sununu is designated as his co-chair. he is out there officially. we just saw when he did his correction last night at midnight, it came out of the romney headquarters. this is orchestrated....
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the polls are moving a little bit towards mitt romney. if we have another showing by president obama like the first showing, my guess is they would move more significantly. the obama team knows it and i expect him to come out better. >> chris, thank you again. that's does it for us this edition of andr"andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow we'll be live at hofstra university in new york. we'll be joined by robert gibbs and mr. madden. tamron has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> in the next hour we follow the latest polling showing this race is a dead heat. president obama, mitt romney very close, but what can break this stalemate? next 24 hours, we know the big debate. we're going to talk about it. the dnc's patrick gaspar will join me, "the washington post" anne cornbluth and steve diese will joan begin. senator lindsey graham leads the charges of republicans who accuse the administration of deliberating covering up the its response to the attacks in libya. will the president address this issue specifically? lindsey graham's comme
the polls are moving a little bit towards mitt romney. if we have another showing by president obama like the first showing, my guess is they would move more significantly. the obama team knows it and i expect him to come out better. >> chris, thank you again. that's does it for us this edition of andr"andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow we'll be live at hofstra university in new york. we'll be joined by robert gibbs and mr. madden. tamron has a look at what's next on "news...
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. >> pretend president romney, ladies and gentlemen. >> that is a pretty good drawer. it was a historic day for women on capitol hill yesterday. an army of female lawmakers at her side, nancy pelosi announced she would stay on as the party's leader. this picture before you is worth millions of votes, pelosi said. the telltale sign that more women are filling capitol hill is the overly stuffed senator's only women's restroom over in the senate. i'm told. i haven't been. yesterday senator two senators bumped into elizabeth warren and deb fisher for the first time while on a bathroom break. she tweeted, too funny. first power meeting with e warren and d fischer in the senator's only women's bathroom. going to need a bigger bathroom. there are a record number of women, 20 in the senate this term. >>> still ahead on "way too early," why are you awake? your tweets, texts, e-mails, whatever you got. we'll take them. "morning joe" now is moments away. [ male announcer ] introducing the new dell xps 12. part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. it's changing the conversati
. >> pretend president romney, ladies and gentlemen. >> that is a pretty good drawer. it was a historic day for women on capitol hill yesterday. an army of female lawmakers at her side, nancy pelosi announced she would stay on as the party's leader. this picture before you is worth millions of votes, pelosi said. the telltale sign that more women are filling capitol hill is the overly stuffed senator's only women's restroom over in the senate. i'm told. i haven't been. yesterday...
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>> that is the real mitt romney. there he is. >> the viral phrase from last night came from mitt romney. >> the folder or whatever, binder of woman. >> they brought us binders. >> binders. >> binders. >> binders full of women. >> the president talked about women as bread winners. >> we don't have to collect a bin much of binders to find qualified, talented young women. >> and governor romney talked about them as resumes in binders. >> both candidates and their wing men. >> in three of the most politically value battle ground states. >> we've got 20 days go to. >> i think it hangs in the balance. >> mr. romney shooting himself in the foot that was frequently in his mouth\. >> he can't help it, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth. >>> with just 20 days until election, president obama is now feeling better about the debates. >> we had our second presidential debate last night, and you know, i'm still trying to get the hang of this thing. but as bee saw last night, the five-point plan really boils down to one poi
>> that is the real mitt romney. there he is. >> the viral phrase from last night came from mitt romney. >> the folder or whatever, binder of woman. >> they brought us binders. >> binders. >> binders. >> binders full of women. >> the president talked about women as bread winners. >> we don't have to collect a bin much of binders to find qualified, talented young women. >> and governor romney talked about them as resumes in binders....
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romney. joining me now is former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, now an nbc news political analyst and ana marie cox. >> good to be here. >> governor rendell, let me go to you first. how does president obama's perform man last night impact the race with 20 days to go? >> i think it does two things and they are both beneficial. one, i think as you can see from the flash polls, not only did people generally think he won the debate, but independent voters by a fairly wide margin thought he won the debate and i believe there is still 8 or 10% that haven't made up their mind. you know, the pollsters say they are 4% undecided but a lot of people lean that can still be persuaded. so i think he made a very compelling case. he looked like the leader that he is, he addressed the issues forthright and called governor romney on the mistakes and misstatements and he actually left a few of them out like governor romney said he would grow the pell grants and the romney/ryan budget cuts them, not grows the
romney. joining me now is former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, now an nbc news political analyst and ana marie cox. >> good to be here. >> governor rendell, let me go to you first. how does president obama's perform man last night impact the race with 20 days to go? >> i think it does two things and they are both beneficial. one, i think as you can see from the flash polls, not only did people generally think he won the debate, but independent voters by a fairly wide...
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>> i think romney has a 50/50 chance to win the popular vote. i think it's harder to see him winning the electoral vote. >> reporter: a possible split verdict from a nation already deeply divided. an anxious end to what's been a very long campaign. lynn. >> all right, tracie. thanks. a quick program note for you. sunday on "meet the press," david gregory getting the final word of the 2012 dam pain from obama strategist david plouffe and house majority leader eric cantor. that's here on msnbc. >>> a few more political headlines. missouri senate candidate todd akin gained national attention for his legitimate rape comment. now he's out with a new campaign ad talking about rape and abortion. take a look. >> my name is kelly. i'm a full-time student, a single mother. i'm a woman who's had an abortion. i've been raped in my past. reasons i'm voting for todd and that i'm so proud of him is because he defends the unborn. >> paul ryan has been busy on the stump trying to shore up swing state voters while saying just how tough he and romney really are. >
>> i think romney has a 50/50 chance to win the popular vote. i think it's harder to see him winning the electoral vote. >> reporter: a possible split verdict from a nation already deeply divided. an anxious end to what's been a very long campaign. lynn. >> all right, tracie. thanks. a quick program note for you. sunday on "meet the press," david gregory getting the final word of the 2012 dam pain from obama strategist david plouffe and house majority leader eric...
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romney, wash. when i hear mitt romney speak about foreign policy, it's always toughness. when i hear bewe got to get tough, i hear war. surrounded as he is by the same people who were w's advisers, i feel his presence even stronger. war. does america want a war? in recent years we have had wars going on in iraq and afghanistan. do we now want another one with a far more powerful, more modern islamic country? the implication for romney's tough talk in iran is we can commit an act of out and out war against that country without using the ward wor. we attack their nuclear sites, they say urngcle, and that's the end of it. that's where people like general kour tis le may said 50 years ago during the cuban missile crisis. just knock out the soviet missiles in cuba. they won't do nothing. nikita khrushchev had plans to hit new york and said to. quote, i knew the united states could knock out some of our missiles even if only one or two big ones were left, we could still hit new york. an awful lot of people would have been wiped out. consequences. understand the consequences. th
romney, wash. when i hear mitt romney speak about foreign policy, it's always toughness. when i hear bewe got to get tough, i hear war. surrounded as he is by the same people who were w's advisers, i feel his presence even stronger. war. does america want a war? in recent years we have had wars going on in iraq and afghanistan. do we now want another one with a far more powerful, more modern islamic country? the implication for romney's tough talk in iran is we can commit an act of out and out...
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mitt romney will fight for everyone american job. >> i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >> of course, that's the jeep ad, michael crowley. sometimes these guys get caught in realtime, because the governor of this state and everybody said it didn't happen. >> right. well, chris, this is one of those wonderful examples where something can be factually accurate and still a complete lie. in other words, the language in that ad i believe stands up. that chrysler was going to begin, again, making jeeps in china, for chinese? >> right, right. it made perfect sense. a lot of auto companies do this. they weren't going to be moving jobs from the u.s. to china. but obviously that's the clear implication of the ad. so the fundamental message is a lie. they just covered themselves enough with the language. maybe they thought they wouldn't get called out on it. i think this ended up backfiring on them. they were desperate at that point. they were desperate to win ohio. i think it was net loss. they got killed, as you say, and it back fired. >> i think it's one of the things that worked t
mitt romney will fight for everyone american job. >> i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >> of course, that's the jeep ad, michael crowley. sometimes these guys get caught in realtime, because the governor of this state and everybody said it didn't happen. >> right. well, chris, this is one of those wonderful examples where something can be factually accurate and still a complete lie. in other words, the language in that ad i believe stands up. that chrysler was going...
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those who like romney and didn't. here's the thing that impresses republicans looking for a candidate. scott walker has done things. as part of the gubernatorial faction in the 2016 field the list includes christie and jindal. walker not only has executive experience, he used executive authority to achieve a goal conservatives, to break the hold public employee unions have on government in many states." ed schultz fought that fight on our network all the way through. scott walker might be the bridge between the chris christies and the people on the other side, the ted cruzes, because he's from part of the country your party has to win, the midwest. >> byron gets stories nobody else does. this was one of them. what i look at is, who's going to come out of iowa? there's going to be three, four people out of it. if it was today, you'd have rand paul, rick santorum, and you would have scott walker. all of them fit the bill of somebody who will resonate all across the state and do well and all of a sudden you're off to the
those who like romney and didn't. here's the thing that impresses republicans looking for a candidate. scott walker has done things. as part of the gubernatorial faction in the 2016 field the list includes christie and jindal. walker not only has executive experience, he used executive authority to achieve a goal conservatives, to break the hold public employee unions have on government in many states." ed schultz fought that fight on our network all the way through. scott walker might be...
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romney's approach to the complex issue of immigration. joining us now is lily gilvaletta, founder of the xl alliance. given the gang of eight on immigration is -- this bill is working its way through the senate judiciary committee today, are you surprised that republicans like steve king still seem confused that referring to such a large swath of the population, encouraging them to self-deport, they might find that offensive? >> i'm going to give it a cute name. it's a case of the brown elephant. big and obvious sitting in the middle of the room. you are still dancing around it. that's what's happening with the hispanic population. the fastest growing segment of voters, of population in general in this country that unless you embrace it, you're going to lose and lose big because of changing demographics called for that as the majority/minority that is taking over. >> okay. today's press conference also seemed confused about how immigrants might vote in the future. first, let's listen to representative louie gohmert who embraced latinos as
romney's approach to the complex issue of immigration. joining us now is lily gilvaletta, founder of the xl alliance. given the gang of eight on immigration is -- this bill is working its way through the senate judiciary committee today, are you surprised that republicans like steve king still seem confused that referring to such a large swath of the population, encouraging them to self-deport, they might find that offensive? >> i'm going to give it a cute name. it's a case of the brown...
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romney he supports. it's so extreme, not only would it overturn roe, women couldn't make their own decisions about their pregnancies but potentially criminalize in vitro fertilization. mr. romney has supported so extreme that mississippi voters rejected personhood when it was put on the ballot in february. he has one position when he's talking to the broader public but what he believes are these positions he's taken. the thing of concern is that this congress has passed some of the most extreme legislation against women, against women's health, and mitt romney would be a rubber stamp for the tea party congress. and i think all of these issues that we're talking about are absolutely on the table. >> i don't think he's too big on lilly ledbetter either. >> mitt romney started telling us about meeting the former navy s.e.a.l. killed in benghazi. today romney mentioned him by name. let's listen. >> i met some wonderful people. one was a former navy s.e.a.l., and glenn dougherty. we chatted for a while. he ca
romney he supports. it's so extreme, not only would it overturn roe, women couldn't make their own decisions about their pregnancies but potentially criminalize in vitro fertilization. mr. romney has supported so extreme that mississippi voters rejected personhood when it was put on the ballot in february. he has one position when he's talking to the broader public but what he believes are these positions he's taken. the thing of concern is that this congress has passed some of the most extreme...
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florida, 46 for obama, 48 romney. virginia, obama 48, 48 romney. colorado 47.6, 47.8 there. i mean, interesting mix of numbers. quickly, i have to ask you, when you wake up in the morning and try to assess where the race is, is that the horse race you're following right now? >> i don't obsess over every single poll. i look at nate silver and other websites to see what the averages of the big polls are. some i count more in my mind than others. but, you know, the bottom line fact is that when you climb to 270 electoral votes and discussed it with the previous guest obama has many more past that than romney does still right now. >> michael, thank you very much. we showed before you came on the latest nate silver average of numbers and he does have obama up right now. thank you so much. i greatly appreciate it. always a pleasure. >>> developing now, governor romney campaigning in nevada, day two of the governor on the ground in that state. we'll be right back. estor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but
florida, 46 for obama, 48 romney. virginia, obama 48, 48 romney. colorado 47.6, 47.8 there. i mean, interesting mix of numbers. quickly, i have to ask you, when you wake up in the morning and try to assess where the race is, is that the horse race you're following right now? >> i don't obsess over every single poll. i look at nate silver and other websites to see what the averages of the big polls are. some i count more in my mind than others. but, you know, the bottom line fact is that...
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obama can really press romney on this issue because romney doesn't have a coherent position on iran. he's surrounded by neocon. s we're close to getting iran not to build a bomb, and he's going to talk us to war with iran. what do you think to do? >> iran will be type pick foent, libya and perhaps the iraq war. one topic that's glaringly absent from fthese debates and that's climate change. that's it is first time we have not had a discussion on climate change as part of the presidential debates. bob schieffer has said it will include israel and iran, changes in the arab world, the new face of terrorism and the rise of china. that last segment is sort of a roundup of things we didn't get to, and it could include things like climate change or the response to the european debt crisis, which i also think is an important issue that hasn't been covered. i'm not particularly hopeful that climate change will get a large hearing in this debate, which is unfortunate. we've had discussions about iran and libya now in two out of the three debates and are almost going to certainly have those dis
obama can really press romney on this issue because romney doesn't have a coherent position on iran. he's surrounded by neocon. s we're close to getting iran not to build a bomb, and he's going to talk us to war with iran. what do you think to do? >> iran will be type pick foent, libya and perhaps the iraq war. one topic that's glaringly absent from fthese debates and that's climate change. that's it is first time we have not had a discussion on climate change as part of the presidential...
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. >> here's mitt romney. he can be a gentleman. he's well bred and all of that stuff. here he is base is i cically de the use of killing those four democrats on watch for us, their killing is now fair game to raise money with. here he is saying so on "morning joe." let's watch him. this is mitt romney, the gentleman talking here. >> i think what the republicans have every right to say and is appropriate to say is that if republicans were not in the congress, if republicans did not have a majority in the congress, there would not be an investigation into benghazi and so to say, look, elect republicans so we can have these kinds of investigations is appropriate. >> he doesn't know -- he doesn't know what he's talking about. >> he's talking about raising money. he says it's already -- he's saying, michael and david, if we go out and raise money on this horror out there, then it's fine. >> but factually wrong. there have been eight -- >> michael first. >> there have been eight investigations, two of them were done by the senate on a bipartisan basis. senate is run by democ
. >> here's mitt romney. he can be a gentleman. he's well bred and all of that stuff. here he is base is i cically de the use of killing those four democrats on watch for us, their killing is now fair game to raise money with. here he is saying so on "morning joe." let's watch him. this is mitt romney, the gentleman talking here. >> i think what the republicans have every right to say and is appropriate to say is that if republicans were not in the congress, if republicans...
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and candidate romney and the primary dug the hole deeper. you know, people can be on public assistance and scheme the system. that's real. and these programs are teetering on bankruptcy. but most people are on public assistance don't have a character flaw. they just have a tough life. i want to create more jobs, and the focus should be on how to create more jobs, not demonize those who find themselves in hard times. our party can adjust. conservatism is an asset. but rhetoric like this keeps digging a hole for the republican party. and it we don't stop digging, we're never going to get out of it. >> senator, thank you very much. >> egypt. watch what you do and how you do it. you're teetering with the congress on having your aid cut off if you keep inciting violence between the israelis and the palestinians. >> we've covered it all. senator, thank you for that. i appreciate it very much. yeah. other than that, have a nice day. >> i can't think of anything else to say. >>> i want to turn to our roundtable, andrea mitchell, tom friedman back wi
and candidate romney and the primary dug the hole deeper. you know, people can be on public assistance and scheme the system. that's real. and these programs are teetering on bankruptcy. but most people are on public assistance don't have a character flaw. they just have a tough life. i want to create more jobs, and the focus should be on how to create more jobs, not demonize those who find themselves in hard times. our party can adjust. conservatism is an asset. but rhetoric like this keeps...
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romney. j his political rival mitt romney meanwhile continues his desperate attempt to justify his effort to exploit the death of the ambassador and the others. >> 3 h. >> what i want all of you to know is that we're going to bring our fellow -- i want people around here to -- no act of terror will go unpunished. it will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world, no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. >> and the president's on the case, he sent two u.s. warships to the libyan coast. he sent marines into tripoli, and attorney general eric holder said that he has opened up an investigation. >> as we watch the world today, it seems that we're at the mercy of events and -- a strong america depends on a strong military. this president has done something i find very hard to understand. >> joe kleine, thank you because you've got a big picture and look at this, who is romney talking about our ability to confront these local situa
romney. j his political rival mitt romney meanwhile continues his desperate attempt to justify his effort to exploit the death of the ambassador and the others. >> 3 h. >> what i want all of you to know is that we're going to bring our fellow -- i want people around here to -- no act of terror will go unpunished. it will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world, no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. >>...
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people focus on taking down mitt romney. i think he'll get questions tonight about what he would do in the future. to me that's the most important thing. second is he needs to go back to defining mitt romney on his terms. will he bring up the 47% quote? will he bring up bain capital? i think he's lost the advantage on defining mitt romney in negative terms. all along he said if he's going to win, he has to make mitt romney an unacceptable choice. he has to find a way to do that in the context of a town meeting where the voters and the people watching the voters interact with the candidates don't want to see a slash and burn. >> mitt romney's been emboldened over the last two weeks or so by his own performance at that first debate. you put out a map thattive goods him more reason for confidence. you say democrats that you talkeded to are more concerned than they've been in the past. let's take a look at that map and see why. >> if you look at the polling data state by state, it's clear governor romney is currently on the upsw
people focus on taking down mitt romney. i think he'll get questions tonight about what he would do in the future. to me that's the most important thing. second is he needs to go back to defining mitt romney on his terms. will he bring up the 47% quote? will he bring up bain capital? i think he's lost the advantage on defining mitt romney in negative terms. all along he said if he's going to win, he has to make mitt romney an unacceptable choice. he has to find a way to do that in the context...
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look at mitt romney's schedule. he has done, going back to last week, jacksonville event in virginia last thurl, ohio, friday, nothing on saturday, nothing on sunday, there was a colorado rally that got postponed, an airplane crash in pa web low, colorado, monday in los angeles, not a swing state, today, utah and texas. tomorrow, back in florida. jonathan martin this is not the schedule, what you would expect of a september candidate running for president. >> it does strike me as light, but to be fair to the romney folks, takes a lot of money to be president of the united states. i think he is spending many of those days raising money, not raising money, he is doing debate prechlt the romney folks believe this campaign increasingly is coming down to these three debates. if he misses one swing state rally on one saturday but gets in three hole hours of debate prep, in their eyes, that's tradeoff they will take. there is no question, we are now at 49 days out, getting to the point where one rally every other day is no
look at mitt romney's schedule. he has done, going back to last week, jacksonville event in virginia last thurl, ohio, friday, nothing on saturday, nothing on sunday, there was a colorado rally that got postponed, an airplane crash in pa web low, colorado, monday in los angeles, not a swing state, today, utah and texas. tomorrow, back in florida. jonathan martin this is not the schedule, what you would expect of a september candidate running for president. >> it does strike me as light,...
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what is it that he has to >> can he has to show that mitt romney is hiding hot real mitt romney s the debate mitt romney is one of these plastic things you hold up, face masks and not the real mitt romney. what's your view on choice, mir. on the one hand, on the debate, you said, right after the debate, you said you're no not doing anything about roe v wade and your campaign is repeal it. what is your view? reducing taxes by $5 trillion on the wealth? he can't get away with it when it comes to direct questions what happened did last week is basically hide who he was. he was unchallenged. he won't be unchallenged. >> when i asked you what issues, the first issue you go to is abortion. you believe that was a missed opportunity in the last debate? >> there were many. the economy is the number one issue, make no mistake about it but mitt romney hiding who he is was most glaring on abortion. it happened a couple days after the debate. >> one of the things bound to come one tax reforge the debt, the deficit. you state a different ground here than the president. >> than the president? >> the
what is it that he has to >> can he has to show that mitt romney is hiding hot real mitt romney s the debate mitt romney is one of these plastic things you hold up, face masks and not the real mitt romney. what's your view on choice, mir. on the one hand, on the debate, you said, right after the debate, you said you're no not doing anything about roe v wade and your campaign is repeal it. what is your view? reducing taxes by $5 trillion on the wealth? he can't get away with it when it...
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would be better if he was miguel romney or mitt rodriguez. he means latino voters may sway this election and i'm getting crushed by 40 points among them and if only i were one of them, they'd vote for me and we could start measuring the drapes in the oval office. not so fast. if the flap of a butterfly's wings in brazil can set off a tornado in texas, surely ranging mitt into miguel would have myriad implications. we have to do the whole back to the future historical mine trip on this one. imagine, please, mitt rodriguez gop presidential candidate. he's not quite a magnet for latino votes. they're not a monolith and he feels arizona's papers please law is a model for the nation and promises to veto the dream act and talks about self-deportation. rodriguez is not much more popular with latino voters than romney was. rodriguez also had some trouble with some white voters. some political scientists say race cost obama three to five points in '08. rodriguez is fighting the same problem and a birther smear campaign for people who don't believe's o
would be better if he was miguel romney or mitt rodriguez. he means latino voters may sway this election and i'm getting crushed by 40 points among them and if only i were one of them, they'd vote for me and we could start measuring the drapes in the oval office. not so fast. if the flap of a butterfly's wings in brazil can set off a tornado in texas, surely ranging mitt into miguel would have myriad implications. we have to do the whole back to the future historical mine trip on this one....
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six months after romney mr. was elected governor in massachusetts, this is really telling, he expanded all of that state's policies on affirmative action. those rules that allowed women, minorities, people living with disabilities, protections, equal protections as being state employees. he did it proverbially in the dead of the night. there was no press conference. no press release. he snuck this in. when civil rights groups found out about it and took him to task, he appoints a weak-kneed commission that comes back with lackluster recommendations that still don't offer -- put in place those protections again. it took governor duval patrick to reinstate those practices when he was elected governor. mitt romney has a lot to explain about affirmative action, a lot to explain about his sxhimecomm to women. >> thinking about the issue of single parents, and how romney explained that. he linked his explanation or response to a question about firearms to the issue of single parenting. take a listen to this. >> we nee
six months after romney mr. was elected governor in massachusetts, this is really telling, he expanded all of that state's policies on affirmative action. those rules that allowed women, minorities, people living with disabilities, protections, equal protections as being state employees. he did it proverbially in the dead of the night. there was no press conference. no press release. he snuck this in. when civil rights groups found out about it and took him to task, he appoints a weak-kneed...
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ready for the opposite of mitt romney's sheamus on the roof story? dog lovers will appreciate this one. newark mayor, cory booker, twitter was abuzz about a dog being left out in the cold overnight. well, booker appeared on the scene and carried the dog to the heated cop car. >> this is brutal weather, this dog is shaking really bad and you can't leave your dogs out on a day like this and go away. crank up the heat. i appreciate it. >> like all the way joe biden, isn't it? the dog's owner was out of town and did not know his dog had gotten out. booker has a knack for showing up. he rescued a woman from a burning house. he's still -- he doesn't know if frank lautenberg plans to run for re-election. here's some republican logic you may not have heard of before we need restrictive election laws to protect people's right not to vote. here is how same-day registration will infringe on individual liberties. >> i think we do have to have common sense protections to make sure that our roles are secure to stop potential voter fraud. this whole issue i think w
ready for the opposite of mitt romney's sheamus on the roof story? dog lovers will appreciate this one. newark mayor, cory booker, twitter was abuzz about a dog being left out in the cold overnight. well, booker appeared on the scene and carried the dog to the heated cop car. >> this is brutal weather, this dog is shaking really bad and you can't leave your dogs out on a day like this and go away. crank up the heat. i appreciate it. >> like all the way joe biden, isn't it? the dog's...
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the moderate mitt romney i say yeah that's the guy i've known for 30 years. >> i think mitt romney's happy you weren't speaking up for him more during the primaries calling him a moderate. we have to cut it short but i hope we can have you back. >> love to. >> thanks. >>> next up, the sound track of the city live from democracy plaza. . ♪ >>> 20 years ago i arrived in new york city, got off the train like stevie wonder saying new york just like i pictured it. i had no job and no friends in the city, but i thought i had to be in new york because it was the biggest toughest greatest city in the world. i had frank sinatra ringing in my ears. i wanted to wake up in a city that doesn't sleep because if i could make it there, i would make it everywhere. times square was central. getting mugged was a constant possibility. sometimes i wondered if i missed out on the great city my father had grown up in. there were clubs open at every hour of the day. always some interesting new person to meet. you knew any dream you had could come true in new york. i read joan's good-bye to all that as i f
the moderate mitt romney i say yeah that's the guy i've known for 30 years. >> i think mitt romney's happy you weren't speaking up for him more during the primaries calling him a moderate. we have to cut it short but i hope we can have you back. >> love to. >> thanks. >>> next up, the sound track of the city live from democracy plaza. . ♪ >>> 20 years ago i arrived in new york city, got off the train like stevie wonder saying new york just like i pictured...
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want romney as part of their path to victory? john braybender is a republican skutant who ran rick santorum's presidential campaign last year and david corn is a washington bureau chief for "mother jones." we haven't had candidates running. >> it's getting harder and harder in a tv aej, it's hard to come back and say give me another shot. john, is there any chance that romney is peek-a-booing his way back to a run? >> the only thing i could see him running for is u.s. senate in michigan. but let's remember, romney has run four times, has lost three of those. >> the other problem is he has no ideological base. so i don't see how he re-enter a and i almost feel sorry for him. he sounds like somebody coming out of retirement and he's not sure of going on a fishing trip or to build the backyard deck. >> this could be bipartisan, this phenomenon, because of so much exposure you get. even john kerry, i don't want to brag, he seems to be doing a super job as secretary of state. >> but nobody thinks of him coming back in 2016. so is that
want romney as part of their path to victory? john braybender is a republican skutant who ran rick santorum's presidential campaign last year and david corn is a washington bureau chief for "mother jones." we haven't had candidates running. >> it's getting harder and harder in a tv aej, it's hard to come back and say give me another shot. john, is there any chance that romney is peek-a-booing his way back to a run? >> the only thing i could see him running for is u.s....
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you just heard mitt romney say that was the u.s. government apologizing for the freedom of speech. >> there was three elements. one was a dignified acknowledgment of the loss of the ambassador, and two he offered no analysis of how we go forward, and the third he got into tactical politics. i thought what he said was undignified and unpersuasive. what they decided to do in the romney campaign is take a vicious assault and turn it into what could be a political advantage. we defend free speech and promote religious tolerance. the romney campaign is trying to dredge this up in policy. it's beneath governor romney to be doing this particularly when there should at least be a moment of silence acknowledging the loss of our wonderful career diploma diplomats. >> one of the criticisms you just heard from romney is this sends mixed signals, because the white house said they did not approve the statement and were backing off from the statement, and do you think these kinds of statements coming in the midst of the hotly contested political c
you just heard mitt romney say that was the u.s. government apologizing for the freedom of speech. >> there was three elements. one was a dignified acknowledgment of the loss of the ambassador, and two he offered no analysis of how we go forward, and the third he got into tactical politics. i thought what he said was undignified and unpersuasive. what they decided to do in the romney campaign is take a vicious assault and turn it into what could be a political advantage. we defend free...
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so far romney is declining to ask senate nominee to remove a campaign ad from the air featuring romney's endorsement of mourdock's senate bid. >>> earlier in the day the president sat down with brian william, part of exclusive behind the scenes access to president obama on the campaign trail, with just 12 days to go, brian asked the president if he surprised the race is so tight. >> after '08, power of incumbency, you got osama bin laden, you did not expect to be sitting on a more substantial race than we are here? >> no, brian, listen, you have short memory. folks in your business were writing me off a year ago, saying there's no way i would win. so, you know, these things go in ebbs and flows. the one thing i've always tried to be is steady in terms of what i'm believing in, who i'm fighting for. and i think that one of the qualities i bring to bear in this campaign is people see, what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i delivered and they can have some confidence that the things i say i mean. >> you can see more of brian's interview with the president on the campaign t
so far romney is declining to ask senate nominee to remove a campaign ad from the air featuring romney's endorsement of mourdock's senate bid. >>> earlier in the day the president sat down with brian william, part of exclusive behind the scenes access to president obama on the campaign trail, with just 12 days to go, brian asked the president if he surprised the race is so tight. >> after '08, power of incumbency, you got osama bin laden, you did not expect to be sitting on a...
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>> romney. >> thoughts? just romney? >> obama all the way. >> obama understands the issues. >> obama. >> obama. >> romney. >> it's me. i love it. >> obama is doing a phenomenal job. four more years! >> romney. okay. romney? >> romney doesn't cover up scandals in the middle east. >> what was the scandal in the middle east? >> benghazi. >> nail t whit. what was the scandal? >>> we're right back with more "hardball." [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every
>> romney. >> thoughts? just romney? >> obama all the way. >> obama understands the issues. >> obama. >> obama. >> romney. >> it's me. i love it. >> obama is doing a phenomenal job. four more years! >> romney. okay. romney? >> romney doesn't cover up scandals in the middle east. >> what was the scandal in the middle east? >> benghazi. >> nail t whit. what was the scandal? >>> we're right back with more...
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you know, let me go to ann romney really quickly. >> sure. >> i'm not sure ann romney is being used in the best possible way. i mean, she is on the front lines fighting these fights for the campaign, fighting the fight for mitt. kind of lashing out. and she's, you know, her ratings are good but she'll end up altering that if she gets out there. i mean, she gets a little testy sometimes, snaps at reporters in interviews and not sure she should be getting that defensive. that's for other people to do. she should be above the fray. >> i would love to interrue her, but with all due respect, she might say i know what i'm doing because after the alleged rebellion with tag and politico.com reported on her husband has at least seen some improvement in the numbers so while, you know, we read the articles, we are journalists and pundits or whatever the case may be, she perhaps believes she knows better for her husband and why she's chosen to be the attack dog and i don't like using that word in reference to any woman but she is going out attacking. >> clearly she feels that way. i learned the ot
you know, let me go to ann romney really quickly. >> sure. >> i'm not sure ann romney is being used in the best possible way. i mean, she is on the front lines fighting these fights for the campaign, fighting the fight for mitt. kind of lashing out. and she's, you know, her ratings are good but she'll end up altering that if she gets out there. i mean, she gets a little testy sometimes, snaps at reporters in interviews and not sure she should be getting that defensive. that's for...
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in mexico think of mitt romney and the romneys here in the u.s.? >> that's a great question. when you say distant relatives his dad was born there. >> right. >> b, you know, what they talk about is, nafta, screwed up the farming in northern mexico. what that led to if you're going to get a job, two ways, go to america legally or work for the drug cartels. you know, they're big 6'3" guy, cowboy hats, republicans be love romney and saying but he's completely wrong on immigration and on drugs policy because look if you come down here, it's a full-on war. it's only going to get worse. if you keep it as prohibition it's only going to -- kelly romney his cousin says, as long as america is the swimming pool this is the diving board. you know, so when you talk, they actually say on camera, hey, mitt, please call us, we can help you because you have to understand this stuff. if changes aren't made it's only going to get worse. >> fascinating that mitt romney could learn a lesson, a thing or two from his polygamous cousins in mexico visa vis -- >> the romney
in mexico think of mitt romney and the romneys here in the u.s.? >> that's a great question. when you say distant relatives his dad was born there. >> right. >> b, you know, what they talk about is, nafta, screwed up the farming in northern mexico. what that led to if you're going to get a job, two ways, go to america legally or work for the drug cartels. you know, they're big 6'3" guy, cowboy hats, republicans be love romney and saying but he's completely wrong on...
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romney was wrong. when he said the first embassy statement was a response to the attacks, in fact, it came six hours before the embassy was breached. and that's why it's so appalling to hear mr. romney this morning when he took his statements even further. >> the embassy is the administration. the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to an apology and i think was a severe miscalculation. it's their administration spoke. the president takes responsibility, not just for the words that come from his mouth but also from the words that come from his ambassadors, his administration, from his state department. >> and desperate candidates falling in the polls should not use a tragedy to further their political ambitions. it's not worthy of a man who wants to be our commander in chief. joining me is joe crawly, democrat from new york and wesley clark, former nato commander, now chairman and ceo of wesley clark and associates. first, thank you both for being here. >> thank yo
romney was wrong. when he said the first embassy statement was a response to the attacks, in fact, it came six hours before the embassy was breached. and that's why it's so appalling to hear mr. romney this morning when he took his statements even further. >> the embassy is the administration. the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to an apology and i think was a severe miscalculation. it's their administration spoke. the president takes...
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the ryan campaign and romney campaign knows this is coming and looking at romney's performance, it was glib, superficially appealing. he was able to dance around not providing details so i don't know exactly how they do it. i just -- i have a kind of hunch that, you know, they'll find something that paul ryan can say that will, you know, that will get around the criticism that biden's going to come in with. >> on the lowering expectations front, the president came out said and he thinks joe biden is going to be terrific. surprisingly, they're not lowering expectations and i think trying to pump people up a little bit. you could not think of two different sort of political characters than joe biden and barack obama. obama's the deep thinker, the weary warrior. you have the sense in the first debate he didn't want to be there and shouldn't have to go through this. joe biden, on the other hand, i think he loves and embraces the political combat. i think he enjoys it and makes a big difference when you feel like the person on the stage is having fun. >> yeah. >> that makes a huge differenc
the ryan campaign and romney campaign knows this is coming and looking at romney's performance, it was glib, superficially appealing. he was able to dance around not providing details so i don't know exactly how they do it. i just -- i have a kind of hunch that, you know, they'll find something that paul ryan can say that will, you know, that will get around the criticism that biden's going to come in with. >> on the lowering expectations front, the president came out said and he thinks...
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and that's mitt romney right now. back to you. >> yeah, the numbers last time around 2008, employees of goldman sachs gave more than a million dollars to mr. obama. this time around, $136,000. jeff cutmore in london, thanks so much. still ahead, ichiro doing some acrobatics, dancing around the catcher to score last night in a play-off game the orioles had to have. highlights from that one-run game ahead in sports. plus, jon stewart tackles the conspiracy theory surrounding friday's employment numbers. that clip and a check on weather when "way too early" comes back. >> i do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of american leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy
and that's mitt romney right now. back to you. >> yeah, the numbers last time around 2008, employees of goldman sachs gave more than a million dollars to mr. obama. this time around, $136,000. jeff cutmore in london, thanks so much. still ahead, ichiro doing some acrobatics, dancing around the catcher to score last night in a play-off game the orioles had to have. highlights from that one-run game ahead in sports. plus, jon stewart tackles the conspiracy theory surrounding friday's...
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>> mitt romney doesn't get it. he doesn't get the job republican ares want him to do after losing an election that they believe they could have won the job that republicans need mitt romney to do is help them forget the words mit and romney. he is failing at this new job just as miserably as he failed at the job of republican nominee for president. he finds himself rebuked today by those because he has once again be caught on tape saying what he thinks about the american people. >> i absolutely resect that notion and description that is wrong. >> here is the difference then them. louisiana governor will be speaking at the next republican national convention in one capacity or another. and mitt romney will never be invited to a republican convention again for the rest of his life. here is what he added today about what mitt romney got caught say. >> this is completely unhelpful and not where the republican party need to go. look, if you want voters to like you. the first thing you have to do is like them first. and
>> mitt romney doesn't get it. he doesn't get the job republican ares want him to do after losing an election that they believe they could have won the job that republicans need mitt romney to do is help them forget the words mit and romney. he is failing at this new job just as miserably as he failed at the job of republican nominee for president. he finds himself rebuked today by those because he has once again be caught on tape saying what he thinks about the american people. >>...
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governor romney calls the u.s. response disgraceful, the obama campaign says they're shocked by his response. the mud slinging started before it was even kay break and before we knew how many u.s. officials had been killed. plus as president clinton stumps for president obama in florida, paul ryan releases new ads in his home state of wisconsin to keep his house seat. it's a busy day in political news, too. we'll try to cover it all. good morning from washington. it's wednesday, september 12th, this is the daily rundown. let's get to my first reads. a day that started with a campaign pause for sole almost remembrances on 9/11 endeded with violence abroad and mud slinging here at home. somebody and mitt romney were supposed to take a 24 hour break from campaign to go honest or the victims of 9/11 and pay tribute to american troops still fighting overseas particularly in afghanistan. but the truce didn't last long as a diplomatic crisis in north africa quickly turned political. the white house has confirmed this morn
governor romney calls the u.s. response disgraceful, the obama campaign says they're shocked by his response. the mud slinging started before it was even kay break and before we knew how many u.s. officials had been killed. plus as president clinton stumps for president obama in florida, paul ryan releases new ads in his home state of wisconsin to keep his house seat. it's a busy day in political news, too. we'll try to cover it all. good morning from washington. it's wednesday, september 12th,...
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it will be obama more than romney which is a failed opportune for romney. >> there's bean suing fwegs that a lot of the strategy on both side is to turn many of these foreign policy issues into economic arguments. how much will we see that? >> i've heard from republicans who are privy to mitt romney's debate preparations yes it will be mitt romney who will try to turn every answer he can back to the my. i heard people close to president obama's campaign that he'll try do that too because he has to pivot to a closing message and he needs to start talking about the economy. of course we've seen economic indicators over the past couple of weeks that actually look pretty good for the economy so i expect that president obama will play those up too. but it's going mitt romney who will want to talk more about the economy. >> i want to bring in reince preibus, chairman of the republican committee. good morning. lot to get. a line we keep hearing is that mitt romney was the first to politicize libya. if that comes up tonight how does he respond? >> you know, i think it's just a matter of what
it will be obama more than romney which is a failed opportune for romney. >> there's bean suing fwegs that a lot of the strategy on both side is to turn many of these foreign policy issues into economic arguments. how much will we see that? >> i've heard from republicans who are privy to mitt romney's debate preparations yes it will be mitt romney who will try to turn every answer he can back to the my. i heard people close to president obama's campaign that he'll try do that too...
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>> that points out the difference between mitt romney and barack obama and the fact that mitt romney, in a lot of ways is steeped in bush's foreign policy. >> 70% of his pollen policy is foreign bushies. >> there's a style and yearning part of the right to go back to the bush style of what they call diplomacy, constant asserting and puffing of the american chest around the world and words and sort of, you know, talking about america as the greatest country on earth and bullying other countries, that substitutes for foreign policy. i don't think there's an appetite for returning to that style of foreign policy on all of the right. if you look at sort of on the ron paul part of the party, libertarian wing of the party which, by the way, was the most active and most enthusiastic part of the party at convention in tampa, by the way they were the most motivated and there's an exhaustion with the idea of going around the world and sort of pushing our way around. and the obama style fits where americans are, we're tired of it. >> if you're a deficit hawk, budget hawk, making a floor of 4% gd
>> that points out the difference between mitt romney and barack obama and the fact that mitt romney, in a lot of ways is steeped in bush's foreign policy. >> 70% of his pollen policy is foreign bushies. >> there's a style and yearning part of the right to go back to the bush style of what they call diplomacy, constant asserting and puffing of the american chest around the world and words and sort of, you know, talking about america as the greatest country on earth and...
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what is romney going to do? and what they saw across the ideological spectrum today what they saw was december preparation. and that is a dangerous place to be. because when the media filter starts to refract everything they do are they being desperate? are they off their strategy? are they losing their heads? you are in a downward spiral that can be very damaging to you on every possible level, in terms of fund raising, in terms of your standing with voters, with the press. this is a very delicate time for romney. he made a situation in the world. in this election much worse than when he started out today. >> and joy, the bipartisan criticism came from what he had to say, it's being called a strikeout. and when you see a batter strikeout a couple of types in a row, the third times it becomes the expectation this is the guy who strikes out. >> i elections are a comparison. i think romney has gone into this thing from the beginning thinking this is just a referendum on barack obama. so if i just keep shining the
what is romney going to do? and what they saw across the ideological spectrum today what they saw was december preparation. and that is a dangerous place to be. because when the media filter starts to refract everything they do are they being desperate? are they off their strategy? are they losing their heads? you are in a downward spiral that can be very damaging to you on every possible level, in terms of fund raising, in terms of your standing with voters, with the press. this is a very...
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on romney's b pbs comment. romney told jim lehrer he planned to cut the government subsi subsidy. the corporation for public broadcasting receives $445 million. that's less than 1/100 of the annual federal budget. an estimated 8 million americans watch sesame street every week. let's huddle up around the water cooler to watch jimmy fallon quietly maybe starting to put on the best mitt romney going. here he was last night. ♪ >> it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, beautiful day for a neighbor, would you be mine. won't you be, won't you be, please won't you be my neighbor. ♪ please won't you be my neighbor. of course there's a good chance you already are my neighbor since i own so many homes. thank you manuel. hello, neighbor. you see this? it's called a wallet. and inside of a wallet, well, that's where money goes. now, do you know what money is? i'm guessing no because you're watching public television. oh, there's somebody at the door. wonder who it could be. it's a good friend, mr. obama. >> hello, m
on romney's b pbs comment. romney told jim lehrer he planned to cut the government subsi subsidy. the corporation for public broadcasting receives $445 million. that's less than 1/100 of the annual federal budget. an estimated 8 million americans watch sesame street every week. let's huddle up around the water cooler to watch jimmy fallon quietly maybe starting to put on the best mitt romney going. here he was last night. ♪ >> it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, beautiful day for...
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let's take a look. >> hello, i'm mitt romney. and i understand the hardships facing ordinary americans. for example, this summer, one of my horses failed to medal at the olympics. so i know hardship. >> so america, i know you're not in love with me anymore, but i want you to know that my heart still beats for you, and i can prove it. ♪ i'm so in love with you that was fun, right? so do you want that or this? ♪ e-i-e-i-o hey, how about that? that was "old macdonald had a farm." pretty groovy song, huh? sorry i didn't know all the animal noises. >> the comedy duo that rocked the republican national convention is taking their act on the road. it's two full hours of high-wasted hijinks. >> what do you mean, shut up? why don't you shut up? you want me to do what to myself? i don't think so. what? no, no. no, you go first. no, no, no, no, you go first. jinx. >> no script. no set tour dates. no predetermined theaters. just american legend clint eastwood performing one half of a conversation with an invisible, irritated and foul-mout
let's take a look. >> hello, i'm mitt romney. and i understand the hardships facing ordinary americans. for example, this summer, one of my horses failed to medal at the olympics. so i know hardship. >> so america, i know you're not in love with me anymore, but i want you to know that my heart still beats for you, and i can prove it. ♪ i'm so in love with you that was fun, right? so do you want that or this? ♪ e-i-e-i-o hey, how about that? that was "old macdonald had a...